skatingtripods wrote:Agree. I have to say, I'm really surprised with how Gomes is swinging the bat given the sporadic playing time of a backup catcher. Normally young guys struggle in that role, but he's been really productive when given the chance.

The league will adjust. He's averaging only 1.2 balls per plate appearance, mostly because his chase rate is at 38.2%. I know pitchers are hesitant to throw him breaking balls because walking him to roll over the order is a bad idea, but he'll start getting a steadier diet of offspeed stuff, and it's unlikely that he'll suddenly become a more patient hitter. We'll see how he adjusts.

His weaknesses as a hitter would get exposed pretty quickly if he played every day. Why change what's working now?

I realize that this is a movie quote, from a shitty movie at that, but I find no reason to believe that a bird could carry 6.4 times its body weight. I don't believe there are any sabermetrics to support my position, so you'll have to take my word for it.

A God Damn dead man would understand that if a minor league bus in any city took a real sharp right turn, a Zack McCalister would likely fall out. - Lead Pipe

skatingtripods wrote:Agree. I have to say, I'm really surprised with how Gomes is swinging the bat given the sporadic playing time of a backup catcher. Normally young guys struggle in that role, but he's been really productive when given the chance.

The league will adjust. He's averaging only 1.2 balls per plate appearance, mostly because his chase rate is at 38.2%. I know pitchers are hesitant to throw him breaking balls because walking him to roll over the order is a bad idea, but he'll start getting a steadier diet of offspeed stuff, and it's unlikely that he'll suddenly become a more patient hitter. We'll see how he adjusts.

His weaknesses as a hitter would get exposed pretty quickly if he played every day. Why change what's working now?

Do you think a 5 ounce bird could carry a 2 pound coconut?

It's one pound coconut dumbass!

That should make a difference in your answer Tripods

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skatingtripods wrote:Agree. I have to say, I'm really surprised with how Gomes is swinging the bat given the sporadic playing time of a backup catcher. Normally young guys struggle in that role, but he's been really productive when given the chance.

The league will adjust. He's averaging only 1.2 balls per plate appearance, mostly because his chase rate is at 38.2%. I know pitchers are hesitant to throw him breaking balls because walking him to roll over the order is a bad idea, but he'll start getting a steadier diet of offspeed stuff, and it's unlikely that he'll suddenly become a more patient hitter. We'll see how he adjusts.

His weaknesses as a hitter would get exposed pretty quickly if he played every day. Why change what's working now?

Galley Boys are slop on top of a so-so burger and a bun you coulde get from a Covneninet food mart generic pack. They the Antoine Joubert of burgers; soft, sloppy, oozing grease and cheap sauce and extremely overrated by a biased fan base. Proof that if you throw enough cheap sauce shit on a burger you still can't overcome the lame burger. -JB

CAVSTRIBEBROWNSin07! wrote:Yan should be the starting catcher and Santana the regular DH. Carlos will still catch whenever Yan needs a day off, and he'll play 1st whenever someone else needs a game at DH. Make it happen Tito.